Colossal Book of Mathematics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colossal Book of Mathematics write by Martin Gardner. This book was released on 2001. Colossal Book of Mathematics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. No amateur or math authority can be without this ultimate compendium of classic puzzles, paradoxes, and puzzles from America's best-loved mathematical expert. 320 line drawings.
The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems write by Martin Gardner. This book was released on 2006. The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The renowned provocateur of popular math presents a collection of his widely recognized short puzzles--along with a few new ones--that explore chess, physics, probability, and topology, among other topics.
Riddles of the Sphinx
Riddles of the Sphinx - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Riddles of the Sphinx write by Martin Gardner. This book was released on 1987. Riddles of the Sphinx available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Solving these riddles is not simply a matter of logic and calculation, though these play a role. Luck and inspiration are factors as well, so beginners and experts alike may profitably exercise their wits on Gardner's problems, whose subjects range from geometry to word play to questions relating to physics and geology. We guarantee that you will solve some of these riddles, be stumped by others, and be amused by almost all of the stories and settings that Gardner has devised to raise these questions." --Back cover.
Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles
Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles write by Martin Gardner. This book was released on 1986-10. Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Playing with mathematical riddles can be an intriguing and fun-filled pastime — as popular science writer Martin Gardner proves in this entertaining collection. Puzzlists need only an elementary knowledge of math and a will to resist looking up the answer before trying to solve a problem. Written in a light and witty style, Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles is a mixture of old and new riddles, grouped into sections that cover a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles, and more. The probability section, for example, points out that everything we do, everything that happens around us, obeys the laws of probability; geometry puzzles test our ability to think pictorially and often, in more than one dimension; while topology, among the "youngest and rowdiest branches of modern geometry," offers a glimpse into a strange dimension where properties remain unchanged, no matter how a figure is twisted, stretched, or compressed. Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a puzzle is the ability to think logically and clearly, to be "on the alert for surprising, off-beat angles...that strange hidden factor that everyone else had overlooked." Fully illustrated, this engaging collection will appeal to parents and children, amateur mathematicians, scientists, and students alike, and may, as the author writes, make the reader "want to study the subject in earnest" and explains "some of the inviting paths that wind away from the problems into lusher areas of the mathematical jungle." 65 black-and-white illustrations.
Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements
Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements write by Martin Gardner. This book was released on 2020-10-06. Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This is the original 1983 edition and contains columns published from 1970-1972. It includes three columns on the game of Life.
